Wherio · June 5th, 2026
Five real historical events. Guess where each one happened, then compare your score with the answers and locations below.
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1. Around 900 BC, the Chavin culture began developing in the northern Andes of western South America.
Answer: 🇵🇪 Peru · c. 900 BC
The Chavin culture developed in Peru's northern Andean highlands from around 900 BC to around 250 BC.
2. By about 1440, human hunting had eliminated the giant flightless moa from southwestern Pacific islands where they were endemic.
Answer: 🇳🇿 New Zealand · c. 1440
Moa were giant flightless birds endemic to New Zealand that became extinct after human settlement and hunting.
3. On 25 April 1974, a nearly bloodless military coup overthrew the Estado Novo regime on Europe's western Atlantic coast.
Answer: 🇵🇹 Portugal · April 25th, 1974
The Carnation Revolution overthrew Portugal's Estado Novo regime and began the country's transition to democracy.
4. In 1894, Britain declared a protectorate over a territory centered on the Kingdom of Buganda in East Africa.
Answer: 🇺🇬 Uganda · 1894
The Uganda Protectorate was a British protectorate established in 1894 that lasted until Uganda's independence in 1962.
5. In 1787, a British charitable committee established the Province of Freedom on West Africa's Atlantic coast for Black Poor settlers.
Answer: 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · 1787
The Province of Freedom was a short-lived settlement in Sierra Leone established in 1787 by the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor.
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